Improvement in harness-trimmings



HARNESS TRIMMINGS.

Patented Feb. 27, 1877 ITNE 5s INVENTOR ATTORNEYS- N. PETERS,PH0T0-LXTHOGRAFHERv WASHINGTON B C,

UNITED STATES PATENT QFFICE.

GEORGE F. EBERHARD, OF PITTSBURG, PENNSYLVANIA, ASSIGNOR TO EBERHARDMANUFACTURING COMPANY, OF SAME PLACE.

IMPROVEMENTYIN HARNESS-TRIMMINGS.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 187,834, dated February27, 1877 application filed December 2, 1876.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, GEORGE F. EBERHARD, of Pittsburg, in the county ofAllegheny and State of Pennsylvania, have invented a new and valuableImprovement in Gag and Rein Runner; and I do hereby declare that thefollowing is a full, clear, and exact description of the constructionand operation of the same, reference being had to the annexed drawings,making a part of this specification, and to the letters and figures ofreference marked there on.

Figure 1 of the drawings is a representation of my improved gag and reinrunner applied to a bridle. Fig. 2 shows the method of inserting theflat part of a check-rein into the said runner. Fig. 3 is a front viewof the improved gag and rein runner.

The object of this invention is to dispense with the large loopscommonly used in gag and rein runners. This object is accomplished bysubstituting therefor small open hooks, which allow the insertionedgewise of the flat part of the check rein or similar strap of leather,said hooks being provided at their upper ends with buckles, forming apart thereof, as will be hereinafter more fully set forth.

In the accompanying drawings, A designates the crown-piece of anordinary bridle;

B, the brow-band, and 0 one of the cheekstraps, attached at its lowerend to bit-ring D. The driving-rein E is also attached to said bit-ring,in the usual manner, as is also the check or gag rein F.

My improved gag and rein runner consists of a hook, G, circularly curvedinward at g,

its shank being provided with a buckle, H, all made in one piece, asshown in the accompanying drawings. The letter I is a tongue, attachedto the buckle in the ordinary way. Fig. 2 of the drawings shows themethod of inserting the flat part f of the check-rein F in the runner.It will be noticed that the flat part of the rein or strap is passed inedgewise between the hook-pointy and shank, through the opening G whenthe cylindrical partfof said check-rein is drawn through said hook inthe usual manner.

This construction of the runner enables me to dispense with thecurnbrous and inconvenient loops and rings now in use, substitutingtherefor a neat, light, and ornamental article.

Theform of the said runner may vary somewhat. Thus its shank may betwisted slightly to one side, to allow the more easy insertion of thestrap or rein; or it may be curved outward and backward for the samepurpose. The shape of the hook-point 9 may be also somewhat varied.

What I claim as my invention is- An improved gag and rein runner,consisting of a buckle and an open book or loop, adapted to receive therein or strap edgewise, made from a single piece of metal, substantiallyas shown and described.

In testimony that I claim the above I have hereuntosubscribed my name inthe presence of two witnesses.

GEORGE F. EBERHARD.

Witnesses:

E. CRAWFORD, WM. S. MARKS.

